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Consultant urges county to pursue Blue Cross Healthy Places grant for Redburn Springs park
Summary
Consultant Crystal Justice told the Public Works committee the Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy Places program can fund large, customized park projects; she said the example Redburn/"Red Bull" Springs project received $879,000 in capital plus a $120,000 maintenance fund for 10 years and urged the county to prepare a community-backed plan for next year’s application window (Aug. 1–31).
Crystal Justice, owner of Justice Business Solutions, told the Public Works committee that the Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy Places program is a viable source of capital for park improvements and urged the county to prepare a community-driven plan to be competitive in next year’s grant cycle.
Justice said the program pairs grant recipients with engineers and playground vendors to produce custom projects and cited a recent selection for the park identified in the presentation as “Red Bull and Springs,” which she said came with an $879,000…
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